Hunter Ten Hunter features the loveable Gon equally its main protagonist. In both the manga and anime adaptations, Gon's ultimate goal is to find his father, Ging, who was a Hunter. Gon meets an array of characters while searching for his male parent, such every bit Kurapika, Leorio, and Killua. He fifty-fifty meets rivals along the way, like the deadly Hisoka and other members of the Zoldyck family unit.

Gon goes through like developments overall in both the manga and the anime. All the same, there are yet distinct differences in how Gon is portrayed between both versions. This varied from the pacing of his friendships to actually reuniting with his own begetter.

ten Gon Meets Kite First At The Beginning Of The Manga

Manga fans know well that Kite is the first Hunter that Gon e'er met as a young child. Kite, in fact, saves Gon's life when he's in danger back when Gon was a young child. Kite is also the one who gave Gon initial clues near his father's identity and taught him about the existence of Hunters in the first identify.

Gon does non encounter Kite in the anime until the events of the Chimera Ant Arc. It'due south only after this meeting that Gon learns about Kite's connections with his father.

ix Gon Is Motivated To Be A Hunter After Coming together Kite In The Manga

In the anime, Gon is motivated to become a hunter on his own. In the first episode, he convinces his aunt, Mito, that he needs to leave to learn more about his begetter. He further proves himself by communicable the local monster fish, "Lord of the Lake," to convince his aunt. Though Mito is reluctant, she lets Gon go on his ain to take the Hunter Exam.

In the manga, Gon is initially motivated to get a Hunter after coming together Kite every bit a kid and learning clues nearly his begetter. Though their meeting is brief, it was enough motivation to go him to join the Hunter Examination in the manga after proving himself to his aunt by catching the local monster fish.

8 Gon Encourages Leorio To Continue The Hunter Exam In the Anime But Not The Manga

In the anime, Leorio near gave up the Hunter Exam during its get-go phase, but with Gon'due south encouragement, Leorio decided to go on information technology, no matter how grueling information technology was.

This moment does not happen in the manga. Instead, Leorio just hypes himself up to continue running through the Hunter Exam. Gon, however, does choice up Leorio's briefcase for him with his angling rod. Otherwise, Leorio would lose the briefcase likewise early in the exam, and that would exist a hindrance to Leorio'south progress in the long run.

seven Gon & Killua'southward Initial Friendship Is Colder In The Manga

Gon forms a close bond with Killua throughout both the anime and the manga versions of the series. The anime even added many more scenes where Killua and Gon got to bond not just every bit young man examinees only also as friends.

Gon and Killua had fewer bonding moments featured in the manga. Instead, the manga's Hunter Exam Arc focused on establishing Killua and Gon as rival examinees. They both even so shared a fairly friendly bond, but it was based more on being examinees rather than getting to know each other as individual people.

6 Gon & Killa's Dialogue Differs Regarding Hisoka

During the second phase of the Hunter Exam, the examinees must keep upwards with the examiner, Satoz, as they trek through the dangerous jungle. In both versions, Killua encourages Gon to movement to the front of the running group to maintain altitude betwixt the ii of them and Hisoka.

The dialogue surrounding this reasoning differs slightly between both versions. In the manga, Killua claims that he is like Hisoka due to both of them beingness killers, and Gon disagrees with this comparing. In the anime, Killua claiming that he is a killer is cut out of this scene. Instead, Gon focuses on Killua'southward merits that Hisoka smells like a killer and points out that Hisoka himself doesn't deliberately smell.

5 Hisoka'southward Assailment Differs In His Fight Against Gon In The Hunter Examination

In both the anime and the manga, Hisoka is one of Gon's toughest opponents. During the second part of the Hunter Examination, all the examinees must make it through a dangerous jungle expanse to go to the next round's location. Hisoka immediately starts killing off the competition, including threatening the lives of Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and others.

Both versions feature Gon defending his friends with his trusty fishing rod, and Hisoka easily grabs Gon by the cervix before deciding to let Gon live. This part of the fight differs slightly between both versions. Hisoka nigh strangles Gon in the anime. However, Hisoka more calmly holds Gon by the neck in the manga, rather than actually trying to strangle him.

4 Gon & Hanzo'due south Fight Is Less Detailed In The Manga

During the final round of the Hunter Exam, in both the anime and the manga, Gon and Hanzo face up off confronting each other. Whoever explicitly admits defeat commencement is the one who loses, while the other examinee automatically passes the Hunter Exam. Hanzo tries to break Gon's spirit during the fight past torturing him, but Gon refuses to give up.

The anime features Gon and Hanzo'due south fight in fuller detail. There are more scenes explicitly showing Hanzo chirapsia up Gon during the fight. These same scenes demonstrate more of Gon's own persistence and refusal to admit defeat. Gon ends up getting knocked unconscious, with Hanzo admitting defeat after realizing that he can't break Gon's spirit.

3 Gon's Dream About His Dad Is Shortened In The Manga

After Hanzo knocks out Gon in the Hunter Exam's last match, Gon has a dream of his male parent, Ging, in both the anime and the manga. The anime shows Gon running up a series of stone steps toward his father. The stone steps underneath him break down and collapse, resulting in him falling before he wakes up.

The manga's version of the dream is unlike. Instead of falling, Gon reaches for his father's hand. Additionally, this scene is only shown in i panel earlier he wakes up and finds out that he passed the Hunter Test. Both dreams show that Gon is on the path to reaching his father, merely he nonetheless has a long way to become before that happens.

two Gon Asks Nearly Satoz'due south Background In The Manga, But Non The Anime

In both the manga and the anime after Gon wakes up and finds out that he passed the Hunter Examination, Satoz is sitting by Gon's bedside to speak with him. Satoz explains to Gon about the license he now has, before summarizing the rest of the finals matches and Killua's eventual failure and disqualification.

The manga slightly extends the initial waking scene. During this scene, Gon asks Satoz near his own Hunter background. Satoz explains that he focused on restoring and preserving aboriginal ruins afterward he was inspired past another famous Hunter who did the same thing. This part was cutting out of the anime, most likely due to time restraints.

i Gon Has A Centre To Heart With Ging, But Not At The Terminate Of The Manga

At the end of the anime, Gon reunites with his father at the World Tree. Both of them take the fourth dimension to take a heart-to-middle equally male parent and son together. This brings a wonderful conclusion to both the anime series as a whole and to Gon'southward own initial quest of finding his father.

This heart-to-center moment did not signal the finish of the manga serial, unlike the anime. This tin can be due to the fact that the manga series itself is non existence finished still. This likewise means that Gon and Ging might reunite again in the future of the manga.

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